I’ve been working on two exciting projects recently to support teachers supercharge their teaching practice for free. For teachers wanting to get better, reaching for research can feel quite …

I’ve been working on two exciting projects recently to support teachers supercharge their teaching practice for free. For teachers wanting to get better, reaching for research can feel quite …

Two techniques to strengthen learners' engagement and enthusiasm, whatever the topic

Being pastorally responsible for a group of 30 children as their form tutor is perhaps the greatest privilege and source of joy that teaching can bring. At one stage in my career, I became the form…

Being pastorally responsible for a group of 30 children as their form tutor is perhaps the greatest privilege and source of joy that teaching can bring. At one stage in my career, I became the form…

The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases. The trick to sustaining attention is to ask pupils questions and to expect 100% participation …

Focusing on great professional development opportunities is key to ending our recruitment woes

The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases. The trick to sustaining attention is to ask pupils questions and to expect 100% participation …

Ofsted's proposed 'toolkits' have been criticised as being too unclear - but do they make sense?

Great teaching relies on great behaviour. But what does it take for students to move beyond mere compliance to deep commitment? In this episode, we explore how two schools explicitly teach behaviour—b...

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Are your pupils more polite at the end of Year 7 compared to the start of Year 7? Do pupils in Year 8 work harder than pupils in Year 7 because their habits of working have improved over their time…

View details and apply for this Head of Assessment vacancy in London. The Head of Assessment has lead responsibility for overseeing and developing assessment across the Ark network at both the pr...

It’s been a long day. I’ve been in and out of lessons throughout with a range of staff. I’ve grabbed a minute here or there for individualised feedback and did a working break and…

A brief history of school policy reforms going back to the 1980s and how these have impacted on performance and outcomes.

In this first part, I’m going to outline the basic curriculum structures of ‘cumulative’ and ‘hierarchical’, then explore the implications of these structures on how ideas are born when we teach Engli...